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jaap, if you're gonna give me beer, drop into an off-width and let me watch after topping-out a multi-pitch route, i'll climb with you any time. oh, and yes you can drink a beer before getting lowered if you want. i'd recommend shotgunning it...

if you can't find a belayer and you're still feeling kinda crazy, you can get (at least you used to be able to) an ushba ascender at climb-on for single line top-rope soloing. do your own recon mish, hike the descent trail, rap down solo and it's you and the off-width - how romantic... i'd suggest b...

if you're having trouble finding a belayer for top-rope rehearsals, you could mention to them that they could belay from above and don't have to rap down with you, avoiding fixed-line climbing or, even better, having to climb the s.o.b. maybe set the trap by suggesting climbing jungle warfare or bir...

last thing: pipeline is easily accessible from the top of the squaw via the descent trail. if you're into headpointing you could rap in and try it on a top rope before deciding to drop $$$ on the gear and time on your off-width skill...

oh, and if you're in split beaver territory, there's some easier off-widths at octupus garden...

the backside of the chief would probably be your best bet. kitchen utensils is fun, the schimtar would definitely teach you some lessons (if you don't lie-back it... unless you plan on lie-backing pipeline, which i think furneaux did by clipping the bolt at bottom and racing up it sans pro, after to...

[quote="spantik"] The inital post was asking about wearing helmets while sport climbing. The fatalities I referred to were on well bolted 5.9s. -Mom[/quote] read the thread. my first post was on topic and not quoting your post, and my second post replied to an off-topic reply of my on-topic post. it...

ya, i've been skiing and snowboarding all my life, had the 3 head injuries, 2 dislocated shoulders and fractured heals, all the injuries on snow i've had, with the helmet on. have broken my wrist and got another concussion mountain biking, with the helmet on. got bad road rash from crashing my road ...

actually, the helmet still gives you a false sense of security. you won't do a certain climb unless you're wearing it. so you wear it to prevent your head from getting hit by a rock, now you feel safer and will do the climb, you go into an area where you can get hit by a rock, only your head is prot...

when you decide to wear a helmet, you might want to consider the false sense of security that the helmet creates as well. it's interesting to note that of the major concussions that i've had,... what was i talking about again... all of them have occurred when i was wearing a helmet. these weren't cl...

i definitely see climbers warming up, but barely notice climbers that are warming down. i used to think that climbers never trained opposing muscles, stretched.... as well, but more people do opposing exercises that you think. and i don't mean full-on fitness world memberships training for mr olympi...

i agree marty, and it's probably also good to point out that dynamic belaying is even more important when your trad climbing. not only are you avoiding back-breaking catches, but you're also significantly reducing the shock load placed on the gear. i remember one fall in particular that i took on a ...

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hey X, which of those areas have bouldering, other than sandy cove and cypress falls??

poor tony - he's gonna be all confused. tony, the bus ride'll probably be around an hour. for probably 35 minutes you'll have "sea-to-sky" views on the driver side (that's the left side over here), and for about 5 minutes you'll be able to see the chief from the right side of the bus as you near squ...